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This is not surprising given my own (presumably horribly wrong) mental image of what a proton is. Is it surprising given current theoretical models?
by sebzim4500 4y ago
This is not surprising given my own (presumably horribly wrong) mental image of what a proton is. Is it surprising given current theoretical models?
- mannykannot 4y agoIn your your mental image, was the mass radius necessarily smaller than the charge radius? If so, then your model has survived an empirical challenge. If not, then you have learned something new that was not fully determined or explained by your model.
- etrautmann 4y agoI feel that it’s important to point out that a scientific result doesn’t need to be surprising in order to be important and grounding for future work. I agree this aligns with my intuitions (to the extent that I have any for subatomic particles), but it seems important to document and measure these properties.